Improvement in machines for spreading manure



J. H. STEVENS Fertilizer.

N0. 34,790. 1 Pat6n'ted Mar. 25,'1862.

NPHERS PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON n C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. STEVENS, OF EAST DURHAM, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MCHINES F OR SPR[EADING MANURE.

Specifieation forming part of Letters Patent N0. 34,790, dated Merck 25, 1862.

T0 all whom r't mag; concem:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. STEVENS 0f Easl; Durham, in the county of Greene and Starte of New York, have invented a eertain new and useful lnnprovement in Maehines for Spreading Manure; and In do hereby deelare the following to be a full, elear, and exact deseription thereot', reference being had to the annexed drawingsmakinga partof this speeification, in which-- Fignre 1 is a vertical longitudinal seetion of my maehine. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.

Similar letters of referenoe indieate corresponding parts in tl1e two fignres.

This invention consists in the employmenb of an endless' flexible hell; f0r the botton1 01 flo0ring of a'wagon-body, and arranging in connecion therewith a series of buekets and eonducting-tubes, whereby tl1e same Wagon that is nsed for hauling is made to automatieally deposit the manure upon the field in hills 0r in drills, as desired.

T0 enable others skilled'in tl1e art to fully understand and construet my invention, Iwill proeeed to describe in.

A A represent the sides of a conirnon wagon-body-snpported, in tl1e nsual manner, 011 wheels.

B B represent a series 0f small rollers provided with journals ab each end, which are fitted in tl1e sides of the wagon-body.

G is an endless hei composed of slats fitted closely together am]. attaolxed to flexible bands a, eneireling tl1e series of rollers B B.

P P irre strips of wood i'astened on the inner sides of the wagon-body and covering the ends 0f the slats forming the bed, for bhe purp0se 0f preventing mannre from workin g in between tl1e slats and side-boards of the Wagon and eloggin g the rollers.

D D represenl: four buekets seeurerl upon shaft; E, vhieh is jonrnaled in boxes at-each end in the framing F, whieh is snpported fronn the sides of the wagonbody. 4 One end of the shaf E projects through its box, nd is' provided Witli four radial arms, e, eorresponding With the number of buckets.

H 1 are eondueting-tubes a.ttaehed t0 the lower portions of the framing F, immediately nnder the back end of the endless wagon-bed.

J is an endless shafls, journaled in ehe sides of the wagon-body a sufficient distance behind the endless bed to allow the contents of the wagon in nnloading 130 pass in betweenit and the bed. This sl1at't reeeives mo-taion from the Wagon wheel N, through the medium 0f a band, c, passing over the pulley M on tl1e seid shaft sind. around the hnb 0f the wheel; or it may be eonnected by gearing.

A rope or chain,hattaohed to thewindlassshat't, eonneets with tl1'e forward end of the endless bed O, and as the maehine is drawn over the field imparts a retrograde mot.ion thereto. 'lhe end of the shal't; J upon whieh ehe pulley is seeured rests in a lengthened horizontal mortise (seen in dotted lines) in t;he side A, and, being eonneeted by a rod, i, to tl1e foot-lever L a1: tl1e forward end of 1;l1e wagon-box, can be moved backward and forward t0 tighten' or loosen the hell; driving the windlass-shaft, anti thus regnla/ces the movement of the endless bed.

On the inner side of tl1e wheel O are a num-E her oflaterally-projeeting pins, d, whieh, as the wheel revolves, engage witb the radial arms 0 ot" the bucket and impart; an intennittent moti0n thereto.

The spring f, attaehed to the wagon-loody, serves t0 hold one of the bucke'ts D in a position to receive the falling contents of the wagon while passing from one row of hills 110 another.

As the wagon is drawn over tl1e field, the endless bed being eonneeted t0 the windlassshaft: either by gearing or bya eord, as shown,

the load is gradually car'ried toward the rear end of the wagon, where it falls into ehe bucket held in position by the spring, until one of the plus in ehe wheel O, striking againsl: one of tl1e radial arms e, forces tl1e bncket: pasl; the spring, preeipitating tl1e eon tents ot' tl1e bueket into the eondncting tubes, fron1 whence it passes int0 the hills, a1: tl1e sanne time another bueket is brought in position to reeeive the falling mannre.

When it is desired 130 use the machine for top-dressing 0r manuring erops in tl1e drill the buekets are removed anti the n1anure allowed to fall from the endless hell; directly into the condueting-tubes. Hence, as the wagon progresses over the field, there being three tubes, ehe manure will l0e deposited in thr'ee eontinuons rows.

By varying the si'ze of the band on the windlass-shaft a greater 0r lese number ofloads to the acre can be pnt upon tl1e field.

By detaching the distributifig apparatus the 2. The arrangement of the endless flexible wagen can be used for all of the purposes of bed O, rollers B B, sides A, conducting-tubes an ordinary wagen. G H I, and fmming F, the -whole supported What I claim as new, and desire t0 secure upon wheels und operating in the mauner and by Letters Patent, is v for the purpose described.

1. The arrangement of the endless flexible 4 bed O, windlass-shaft: J, aud its connections, JAMES H. STEVENS.

in combination with the buckets D, spring f:,

und conducting-tubes G H I, the Whole com- Witnesses:

bined and operating in the manner and forthe JAMES H. GRIDLEY, purpose described. M. M. LIVINGSTON. 

